MIXTAPE PREVIEW:
House Shoes presents The King James Version


Just when all the over-saturation and post-mortem bandwagoners almost had me putting all my favorite Dilla shit back on the shelf – in comes the official torchbearer, House Shoes, to re-ignite the spark. His forthcoming mixtape (in the truest sense of the word), The King James Version, is a smoke-filled trip through the used crates of the late beat pioneer that reminds us all (because some of you apparently need it) just why James Yancey is the G.O.A.T.

With all the bullshit posthumous mixtapes that came out with Dilla’s name & likeness unfairly attached to it (as previously discussed here), this is one of the few that does his legacy justice. It’ll have you pulling out all your favorite Dilla CD’s, records, and illegally downloaded beat CD’s (you know you got em) again with a newfound respect for his craftsmanship with each secret revealed.

The King James Version is the first of an on-going series that will be released through a limited run of CD’s sold directly by Shoes himself, starting on January 9th. Below is a free download of the first track of the five that will appear on the CD, as previously heard on his Shoes House podcast. For a (much) better write-up of KJV, check out Hubert’s Frying In Vein blog.

Also, stick around after the jump for three bonus tracks that showcase House Shoes’ own, often slept-on, production skills with Detroit classics he produced for Finale, Elzhi, and Decompoze.


DOWNLOAD: House Shoes “The King James Version: Chapter I: Verse I”

SUPPORT: Cop The King James Version directly from House Shoes on January 9th

BONUS TRACKS: 3 House Shoes productions after the jump




Finale “Timeless” (prod. House Shoes)
from The Family Files Vol. 2 mixtape (Shaman Work, 2005)


Elzhi “Boomerang Slang” (prod. House Shoes)
from Out Of Focus EP (cassette, 1998)


Decompoze “Mica (Phone Check)” (prod. House Shoes)
from Decomposition (Subterraneous, 2007)
December 29, 2008 / , , , , , / 16 Comments

11 Comments

  1. Brother G.A.M.
    Posted December 29, 2008 at 1:31 pm / Permalink
    Yo-ooooooo! Thanks for the link love, homey! I feel like I’ve made it now!

    Here’s to raising the taste quotient in 2009. 2
  2. Ragen Fykes
    Posted December 29, 2008 at 2:19 pm / Permalink
    HOUSE SHOES IS AMAZING. I want a House Shoes beat…lemme check my savings account.

    This whole post MADE MY WEEK.

    MMMM MMMM MMMMM!!!! 3
  3. devon
    Posted December 29, 2008 at 4:20 pm / Permalink
    i been listenin’ to that elzhi shoes track “stroll” all morning. 4
  4. dre
    Posted December 29, 2008 at 5:31 pm / Permalink
    this is good music, awaiting that release. keeping my eyes up! 5
  5. rickdog
    Posted December 29, 2008 at 6:49 pm / Permalink
    You have a great music blog here! I’ve added you to my mp3blog list and custom search, check it out.

    Rickdog’s collected 7,000 mp3blog links, accessible from the alpha menu at page top. You can open frames on these blogs to view them directly on my site, and you can also view the feeds in a frame.

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    You can search your blog and all the others in my custom google search:

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    I add new blogs to the alpha lists once a week, but your site is immediately added to the custom google search engine. 6
  6. soulsupreme
    Posted December 30, 2008 at 1:52 pm / Permalink
    Dope mixtape! 8
  7. Binny
    Posted December 30, 2008 at 4:05 pm / Permalink
    Can’t wait for this shit 9
  8. robert4042
    Posted December 31, 2008 at 2:19 pm / Permalink
    GREAT music, I love soulful hip hop. Hopefully House Shoes won’t get slept on anymore. 10
  9. shoes
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 11:24 pm / Permalink
    good looks fam.
    that decompoze joint is well over ten years old.
    dusty.
    happy new year and keep the shine on…. 12
  10. DJ Concept
    Posted January 8, 2009 at 9:01 am / Permalink
    This shit is fuckin shit Shoes. Stay doing it! 14
  11. Rosco
    Posted January 12, 2009 at 12:30 am / Permalink
    killer…..we need that shit dropped by helicopter to new zealand! never give up the non-stop shoes….it’s killer! 16

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